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- Summary: Tyla returns with her mix of amapiano, pop, and R&B on her second full-length featuring guest appearances by Babalwa M, Zara Larsson, Liquideep, and MaWhoo.
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- Record Label: Epic
- Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance
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Aug 7, 2026Tyla has fashioned a project that is as hypnotic as it is playful.
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Jul 24, 2026At 14 songs, the bolshie A*Pop gets a little overconfident – closer Hot Tubs isn't as interesting as its title suggests; the mid-tempo Fairytale is a bit wet – and its focus on love's highs and lows a tad limiting, but as a bold statement of intent for an old-school superstar, it's close to top marks.
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Jul 24, 2026More expansive without losing its intimacy and more ambitious without becoming overwhelming, it feels like an artist stepping fully into her own world and inviting everyone else inside.
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Jul 27, 2026The album runs about 44 minutes, which is disciplined, but the middle stretch gives back much of what the opening earns.
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Jul 30, 2026The collaborations on A*POP feel more authentic to Tyla’s artistry than the ones on her debut.
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Jul 24, 2026‘A*Pop’ is a surprisingly cautious follow-up. Where ‘Tyla’ introduced an artist confidently reshaping amapiano’s relationship with global pop, this sequel largely settles for polishing what already worked instead of pushing it somewhere new.
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Jul 29, 2026While its lead singles continue to do historic lifting for African music worldwide, the album functions better as a delivery system for individual hits than as a cohesive LP, tethering a burgeoning icon to the fragmented demands of social media.
